CategoryMiscellaneous Blog Tips
Clear Blogging
This afternoon I was filling in a couple of hours in the CBD of Melbourne before heading to the football and I gravitated to one of the major bookstores – as I do. After looking through the business section I ventured into the area dedicated to computers – you know ...more
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How to be a Good Guest Blogger
This week we’ve been looking at the practice of guest blogging. So far we’ve covered why guest blogging is good, how to find guest bloggers for your blog and how to get guest blogging jobs. Today I want to finish this mini-series of posts by looking at one last question: ...more
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How to Get Guest Blogging Jobs
When I started writing about Guest Blogging earlier this week with my post Why Guest Bloggers are Great for a Blog I didn’t intend it to end up as a series of posts – but then people started asking about how to find guest bloggers so I wrote another one. ...more
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How to Find a Guest Blogger for your Blog
Aditya makes a good point, bouncing off my post yesterday on guest bloggers. The main point made is that it can be easier to find a guest blogger when you have an established or popular blog. They write: “Some good points – but it certainly is much easier to get ...more
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What makes you unsubscribe from a blog’s RSS feed?
In my recent call for questions from readers Barry asked: “What makes you unsubscribe from a blog’s RSS feed?” It’s a good question and one worthy of some discussion as an ‘Open Mic’ discussion. Perhaps the result will be that we’ll all learn a thing or two NOT to do ...more
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Why Guest Bloggers are Great for a Blog
Matt Coddington has written a guest post over at John Chow’s blog on the topic of guest blogging and makes the point that it’s something that is really a win win win situation. The blogger who does the guest spot wins because it exposes them to a new readership and ...more
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What A Bad Museum Exhibit Can Teach You About Blogging
This post has been submitted by Glen Stansberry. It’s funny what we can learn in our everyday lives that can help us improve our blogging. I recently went to Kansas City to see the historic Dead Sea Scrolls exhibit, and came away with a feeling that the presentation wasn’t quite ...more
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Secret Confessions of a Link-A-Holic
Is it just me or has everyone been becoming a little ‘link obsessed’ lately? This week I’ve been counting the number of posts I’ve seen written about getting links for your blog – I’m over 40 and still counting. Posts I’ve seen this week so far have covered: How to ...more
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10 (+5) Requisites for Professional Bloggers
Daniel at Daily Blog Tips writes 10 Requisites for Professional Bloggers and has some useful things to say under the following headings: 1. Time 2. Expertise on a topic 3. Passion for the topic 4. Writing skills 5. Technical Knowledge 6. Blogging Knowledge 7. Web Design Skills 8. Business/Marketing Knowledge ...more
Miscellaneous Blog Tips